books.google.com - With Thomas Edison's invention of the phonograph, the beautiful music which was the preserve of the wealthy became a mass-produced consumer good - a sound recording - cheap enough to be available to all. In 1877 Edison dreamed that one day there would be a talking machine in every home, but even his...http://books.google.com/books/about/America_on_record.html?id=gd2b0M2fDckC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAmerica on record
